This randomized three-arm trial will test the benefit in terms of cancer related fatigue of an activity tracker based exercise training during adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer patients.
This monocentric, three-arm, randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluates the effect of an activity tracker based exercise program in breast cancer patients on the fatigue syndrome during adjuvant radiotherapy. Quality of Life and the intensity of fatigue will be documented with the fatigue subscale of the FACIT Questionnaire three months after adjuvant radiotherapy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
201
Patients receive a fitness tracker, a booklet "Physical training, exercise and cancer" and an in-person briefing about physical activity during cancer therapy. With offered guidelines for the daily step counts patients should improve their physical activity during radiotherapy of breast cancer. A weekly feedback and a new goal for the next week will be provided until the individual patient reaches a daily activity of 6000 steps. The setting will be to maintain to this daily activity of 6000 steps during radiotherapy.
University Hospital Tübingen, Department of Radiation Oncology
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
RECRUITINGEvaluation of the impact of an activity tracker based fitness programme on the fatigue syndrome
This endpoint will be evaluated by the FACIT-F (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue) subscale of the FACIT questionnaire (Physical well-being values 0-28, 28 worse outcome; social/family well-being values 0-28, 28 better outcome; emotional well-being values 0-24, 24 worse outcome; functional well being values 0-28, 28 better outcome; additional factors values 0-64, 64 worse outcome
Time frame: 3 Months after completion of adjuvant radiotherapy of breast cancer
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